The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-05-07
Planters Convention.
LELAND. NAV Ist., 1887.

LIAANh AAhEN AlaAE AAlhes
AS the time approaching for the
Spring meeting of the Planters
association TO meet, | perpOas to
put in my oar with a few inquiries.
Will this Bee a meeting to form a
corporation for perteeting or swap.
ing a few emty wordsi What the
Planter wants is to consolidate
and form a corporation. l see
Sum crank Sum months Back
Riteing in Hoam & Farm. He
saize the Reasen that the oald
Granger has never cep his Bisnes
to himself, that he has all ways
allowed sum merchant or Lawyer
or Doctor to gOin, and they hav
Becum Spies in camp. will bee
a little more ginrous in a planters |
incorporation. Wee need mer-
chants and Docter, Lawyers, ma
canicks and Smiths aud settled
workman. | say let him cum.
Room for all. But let him put up
in his mite the determination TO
protect ourselfs. Sell protection is
the first Law of natuer. After the
war in 1866 and 1867 cappetel
flowed pretty free to the cotton
States. Under the new order of
the Labor cistum wee had many
adventuers that amagend at the
high prices for cotton, and II to 10
Balls to the hand that thare ware
nothing for him to doc But cum
over South and pick mp fortion
and walk Back. The South would
hav Bin much Better off iff this
carecters had never came South,
for they fail and demorllized the
Labor, and all this cappetal ware
Gather withdrawerd or Squan.
dered, leaving the cotton Gather
cripeld or Broake and the South
ern planter languising in poverty.
This is what | call q game of set.
back, for all the Planters that de-
pended on this end of assls.
tence war left IN q wors condition
than hee war two years previous.
He then had to make his one ar.
rangements. The oappelest and
cotton factors hear colered the
planter. He Dictated his oan
terms. Hee saize wee will give
Tenn Dollars for ever Bail of cot
ton. The terms war Excepted
thear and then. Boath committed
q Erar that has proven disasters to
merchant and planter for the fol-
owing Reasons; Cotton cannot
Bee made and marketed for les
that twenty five Dollars. Had the
Planter Refused, the merchant
would nesaryly Bin compeld to
give Better accommodation or quit
Bisnes himself. Is II Reason that
he would hay quitY / say no. The
way | vew the Stand Point, tho
Oald Granger wants to git Back
in the Harnes. Hee can not sub
cist under the yoark of the Rober
Barrens Law. / would sijest Be
fore the 10 instent, Better call on
the Loao Stone Oil man and tine
ter up a little, sum of the Bruises
heald. Wee want q little moar prid
in Agriculture, a little moar hog and
Hominey at hoam. Our Smoke
Houses and corn cribs and Hay
Stacks is a little two fer from
hoame. When this Body of gran.
gers organises let them first and
let the world now that they mean
sumthing. Try and fix sum stan.
dard of value apon our products,
publish our determination and see
iff wee cant induce the consumer
and producer to cum little cloaser
to gether. What wee want is a
little Better understanding with the
producer and consumer, and git
them to understand that we cant
support ourt familys without little
Better Prices for our products.
Nearly Citing to gether and discus
ing our cituation, heather gives
credit at hoam nor Respect
Broad. l am Redy to indors a
planters corporation, But I hav
now faith in the word sociatioD.
When wee form q association wee
gov Befoar the world as lafing
stock. When the planters COWS
Befoar the world as cooperation
they will Bee Respected. In the
last twenty years l have gave this
thing much thought, and saw the
Rise and fall of the SOW called
grange. V1DET.
Committee Meeting.